Psychologists at Kings College London found that creative thinkers, such as Vincent Van Gogh (self portrait left) and Woody Allen (stock image right) tend to be neurotic worriers. Itâs thought such individuals have a brain thatâs more sensitive to perceive threats, than those of other people.
It is generally accepted that the mediterranean climate occurs in southern and southwestern Australia, central Chile, coastal California, the Western Cape of South Africa and around the Mediterranean Basin.
In Roussillon it is called llevant and in Corsica levante. In the western Mediterranean, particularly when the wind blows through the Strait of Gibraltar, it is called the Viento de Levante or the Levanter. It is also known as the Solano. When blowing moderately or strongly, the levant causes heavy swells on the Mediterranean.